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By Dan Geddes WASHINGTON. With paperless touch screen voting machines such as Diebold’s safely in place in many states, the Bush camp’s biggest decision for this November is determining their margin of victory. According to one unnamed administration sourc... More »
Directed by Michael Moore Written by Michael Moore Review By Dan Geddes Cast of Characters John Candy Sheriff Bud B. Boomer Alan Alda U.S. President Rhea Perlman Deputy Honey Kevin Pollak Stuart Smiley, National Security Advisor Rip Torn General Dick Panzer Ke... More »
Imaginary Review by Dan Geddes John Irving’s latest book, The Third Leg, depicts the life of John Bath, an aging, award-winning writer, struggling with his literary destiny and his unusual family. As the novel opens, Bath is grappling with his next opus, The... More »
By Dan Geddes WASHINGTON—Vice President Dick Cheney admitted on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday that he was now agonizing over whether to invade Saudi Arabia now or in the “medium short term.” Cheney admitted it was a difficult time for the campaign,... More »
Review By Dan Geddes Uma Thurman …. The Bride (Black Mamba) David Carradine …. Bill Lucy Liu …. O-Ren Ishii (Cottonmouth) Daryl Hannah …. Elle Driver (California Mountain Snake) Vivica A. Fox …. Vernita Green (Copperhead) Mi... More »
Review By Dan Geddes As we enter another surreal election year, it’s a good time to check out Bob Roberts (1992), a dead-on political satire. Tim Robbins stars as a millionaire Republican folk singer running for the Senate in Pennsylvania. As a young man, Bo... More »
By Dan Geddes WASHINGTON. 9/11 Commission Chair Thomas Kean today agreed that Vice President Cheney may hold President Bush’s hand during their joint, off-the-record, not-under-oath testimony to the 9/11 Commission. Kean admitted: “Gosh, did you see Bu... More »
Review By Dan Geddes See also: Gravity’s Rainbow, Vineland, Inherent Vice, Bleeding Edge and Dys, an imaginary Pynchon novel ___________________ The Crying of Lot 49, Thomas Pynchon’s second novel, pursues many of the same themes Pynchon explored in hi... More »
Rorty’s Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature Richard Rorty Review By Dan Geddes The chief target of Rorty’s work is the notion that epistemology is the arbiter of what is rational in Western cultures. He sees this as an outgrowth of Descartes̵... More »
Pynchon’s Dystopia Dys by Thomas Pynchon Imaginary review by Dan Geddes A new Thomas Pynchon work is always an event, and his devoted readers will treasure his latest effort, Dys. Dys is clearly dystopian fiction, but it is still a Pynchon work more than any... More »
LAS VEGAS—Las Vegas developer Mordred Dreyfuss announced his plans today to break ground for the city’s newest Hotel, the Niagara Falls. The Hotel, due to open in 2004, will feature a two-hundred feel high replica of Niagara Falls, complete with actual wat... More »
WASHINGTON—The US Supreme Court today ruled that President George W. Bush is the lawful President of Iraq. The Bush Administration had brought a lawsuit in January, 2001 (Bush vs. Hussein, US 03-1024) against Saddam Hussein for “usurping the role of dictat... More »